The NOT Honus Collection
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Ruth makes no sense with the chase clue. He took over the HR title at 139 and everyone was chasing him.
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I don't think it can be randy johnson because the dbacks stadium wasn't called chase field when he pitched there, and he would be marketed before the game came out as well.
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@formallyforearms said in The NOT Honus Collection:
Ruth makes no sense with the chase clue. He took over the HR title at 139 and everyone was chasing him.
Exactly why the chase clue makes sense for Ruth though. The chase was to catch Ruth, as would be the goal of the collection.
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@rAtbAby407 said in The NOT Honus Collection:
It's McGwire.
Big Mac. The Chase for HR in a season.
Meh.
McGwire is too one dimensional for this kind of collection reward. Outside of power, what else does he have to offer? Ruth would have more, or at the very least equal power, but Ruth would have max contact, vision, etc. And his speed, defense, etc. would be better than Mac’s too.
Big Mac would have been a perfect home run derby kind of collection reward because it was solely about power. He won the ‘92 derby and that collection would’ve been more suited to be his release.
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Not Randy Johnson. He would have been a selling point at the release of this game. Think some of you read way to much into these things. "The chase" means chase field= randy Johnson? Lol. Come on now
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Its probably Ruth.
Everyone’s saying its a chase for the HR record, well each of them were chasing Ruth.
So, like them, its a chase to get Ruth for the collection
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If we do get a new Legend position player it will be Aaron or Marris. Both were part of chasing a HR record.
Hopefully its Aaron.
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it's not just going to be a Sig McGwire....it will be Sig Sosa and Prime Maris (to pair with Mantle) as well in a tiered collection reward.
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If it's McGwire, it better be his 1985 Topps USA card!
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@MINISTRO787 said in The NOT Honus Collection:
If we do get a new Legend position player it will be Aaron or Marris. Both were part of chasing a HR record.
Hopefully its Aaron.
Pretty sure aaron would have been a selling point before release. Its someone who has been in the game
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@ilvmyjeep said in The NOT Honus Collection:
@rAtbAby407 said in The NOT Honus Collection:
It's McGwire.
Big Mac. The Chase for HR in a season.
Meh.
McGwire is too one dimensional for this kind of collection reward. Outside of power, what else does he have to offer? Ruth would have more, or at the very least equal power, but Ruth would have max contact, vision, etc. And his speed, defense, etc. would be better than Mac’s too.
Big Mac would have been a perfect home run derby kind of collection reward because it was solely about power. He won the ‘92 derby and that collection would’ve been more suited to be his release.
You might feel different if the collection also includes Sosa and Maris.....I'll be pretty excited if that the case. With the ESPN Documentary "Long Gone Summer" about this chase 2 months ago, it makes sense. Also, pairing Mantle with Maris, and their historic chase of the Babe back in 1961. What if.....it was ALL of them? Including the Babe??? Hmmm.....
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All I know is if this collection reward doesn't interest me, I'll have over 700k in stubs to play with. I guess its a win/win
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@ebbets1957 said in The NOT Honus Collection:
@ilvmyjeep said in The NOT Honus Collection:
@rAtbAby407 said in The NOT Honus Collection:
It's McGwire.
Big Mac. The Chase for HR in a season.
Meh.
McGwire is too one dimensional for this kind of collection reward. Outside of power, what else does he have to offer? Ruth would have more, or at the very least equal power, but Ruth would have max contact, vision, etc. And his speed, defense, etc. would be better than Mac’s too.
Big Mac would have been a perfect home run derby kind of collection reward because it was solely about power. He won the ‘92 derby and that collection would’ve been more suited to be his release.
You might feel different if the collection also includes Sosa and Maris.....I'll be pretty excited if that the case. With the ESPN Documentary "Long Gone Summer" about this chase 2 months ago, it makes sense. Also, pairing Mantle with Maris, and their historic chase of the Babe back in 1961. What if.....it was ALL of them? Including the Babe??? Hmmm.....
P.S. If the Babe were to be in it too, perhaps it would be an award card from his 1927 Season, so that they could still release his Sig Later.....so you'd be "chasing" Babe at 60, Maris at 61, Sosa at 66 and McGwire at 70. Heck, if they did this, they could do a Collect ALL to get Reggie Stocker! LOL!!!!!
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@GiantsXLII said in The NOT Honus Collection:
All I know is if this collection reward doesn't interest me, I'll have over 700k in stubs to play with. I guess its a win/win
I definitely have around that invested lol, that’ll be interesting
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If it’s a tiered collection, please make McGwire the easy on to get.
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The BIG needle. The collection is gonna be a whole slew of steroid tiers with Bonds being the final reward.
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@ilvmyjeep said in The NOT Honus Collection:
New clue on Twitter this morning:
https://twitter.com/mlbtheshow/status/1287372098491551745?s=21“ The BIG Legends and Flashbacks Collection Reward arrives Tuesday, 7/28.
Last year it was Honus Wagner.
Who will it be this year?”Between “The Chase for....” and “The BIG Legends....”, there can only be two realistic possibilities, right?
Babe Ruth: The chase for = HR record, BIG = The Big Fella
Randy Johnson: The chase for = Chase Field, BIG = The Big Unit
Maybe with an outside chance at the Big Hurt, Frank Thomas? Can’t see how the chase clue applies however.
Frank Thomas is not worth locking in hundreds of thousands of stubs
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@turtleopolis said in The NOT Honus Collection:
The BIG needle. The collection is gonna be a whole slew of steroid tiers with Bonds being the final reward.
Sosa, mcgwire and bonds yes sir. The roger maris hr chase
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Big Mac chase for 61 sounds right..but I doubt it an I would definitely be saving my stubs...it has to be babe Ruth...only way they can justify the amount of stubs it will cost or it's someone new it's one of those 3 but my money is on babe
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@Ikasnu said in The NOT Honus Collection:
Its Randy Johnson. BIG unit. CHASE field.
If it is a pitcher they said hey listened to the community and made it easier so it would have to be fairly easy to be worth it
